yeah it was going up, looked to be past the sticking point, then all of a sudden it went, shows how impressive the current world record is when everyone thinks the new kid is going to smoke it and doesn't

People tend to bomb out via multiply benching regardless. Spoto and Efferding were both there exclusively for the squat and bench records and presumably saw no reason to start low (not that I asked either of them - I guess I could have, but whatever). It's possible that taking it a bit easier on attempt 1 would have given them a slight psychological boost, but that's basically it.

While most of who I wanted to see bombed out, I enjoyed watching all the old guys lifting. Seeing a 85 year old man break a world record is damn impressive. Looks like they won't be taking a bullet to the chest anytime soon.

First lifting meet I have watched. Not that I have sat here watching it all day, but from what I did watch, I am surprised by the number of misses. I figured most people would hit their first two and go for something big on the third. Looks like they go for more than they can confidently handle right off too frequently. Kinda disappointing actually (not to take anything away from the lifters, I know how strong they are and how hard they work).

I watched it pretty much all day on and off and the only real people who missed all there lifts were the ones going for BIG weight. My guess isn't that they were "over confident" it is just when you train at that level you don't max often so it is hard to predict what you will be lifting. Usually they do there opener a week or two before the meet but gym lifts and comp lifts are WAY different and can feel WAY different.

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